All posts by Sten Hankewitz

Estonian-founded GrabCAD sold for around $100M to US-Israeli Stratasys Ltd
September 16, 2014 · No comments

Estonian-founded, US-based startup GrabCAD has been acquired by the US-Israeli provider of 3D printing solutions,...

Sten Hankewitz: Kidnapping of Estonian officer is political – as is everything related to Russia
September 9, 2014 · 4 comments

On 5 September, operatives of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) illegally entered the territory...

Russia kidnapping Estonians is nothing new: 46 of them were abducted in the thirties
September 8, 2014 · 1 comment

In light of the recent kidnapping of an Estonian security police officer by the Russian...

600 US soldiers to deploy to Poland and Baltics in October
August 25, 2014 · No comments

About 600 soldiers from the US Army’s 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division are to deploy...

Sten Hankewitz: Obama’s visit to Estonia doesn’t mean diddly
August 23, 2014 · 8 comments

Dear Estonians, I have some bad news for you. Looking at your euphoria over the...

President Obama to visit Estonia in September
August 18, 2014 · 1 comment

US President Barack Obama will visit Estonia in September; according to the White House, the...

Adam Cullen – the American who fell in love with Estonia and its literature
August 17, 2014 · 3 comments

How many non-Estonians – especially the ones coming from a global language background – do...

Bill Rebane – the maker of horror films who’s “never been a fan of horror”
April 13, 2014 · 4 comments

The Estonian-American film producer and director, Bill Rebane, has certainly had an interesting life. Born...

Book review: When Russia invaded Estonia – and Jack Ryan saved it
January 25, 2014 · 4 comments

The time is “present day”. Russia’s president is a former KGB officer who uses phrases...